Paleogeography and sedimentology of fluvial point bars, chute-fills and oxbow-fills in the lower Liard River, NWT.

• Main Author: Piet, Leona J. M.
• Other Authors: Smith, Derald G.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Calgary 1992
• Subjects: QE 501 P3 P53 1992a; Additional Copy: QE 501 P3 P53 1992; Paleogeography - Northwest Territories; Glacial landforms - Northwest Territories; Glacial erosion - Northwest Territories; Sediment transport - Northwest Territories; Alluvium - Northwest Territories; Northwest Territories; Liard; Channel Point; Liard River
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/31161; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/19106

Bibliography: p. 101-107. The sedimentology and geometry of chute and oxbow channel-fills deposited by meandering rivers are poorly understood. In the ancient fluvial rocks, oxbow-fill deposits are conceptually important stratigraphic traps for small oil and gas prospects and reservoirs in the subsu...